Posts Tagged ‘FBI’

The following is adapted from a six-part series, titled, “The Intelligence Community: Smart People Looking At Computers,” which is available in its entirety at alexzfinley.com. The front line in any country’s national...

This is a reposting from Just Security. Since the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris set off another around of debate about exceptional access, a lot of ink has been spilled on the subject of whether or not there is evidence...

Guess what? Terrorists use encryption. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody but nonetheless seems to be a point of contention between proponents and opponents of exceptional access—the term used to describe proposals...

This is a reposting from Just Security. The Obama administration has apparently decided not to support exceptional access proposals that would provide law enforcement with the means to access data on iPhones and other personal...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has apparently purchased software from Hacking Team, the Italy-based IT firm known for selling surveillance and hacking tools to repressive regimes, according to this Wired article from...

This is a reposting from Just Security. It should be clear to even casual observers today that the “golden age of surveillance” thesis is fundamentally correct. We live in a time when far more data and surveillance...

In a letter to the President last week, seemingly every relevant technology and civil liberties organization blasted the FBI’s argument that it should have the means to access and decrypt secure data and communications. The...

A 19th century wag in Harper’s Magazine once wrote, “A Special Providence watches over children, drunkards, and the United States.” When it comes to the general quality of most terrorists trying to strike America, he might...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 9/11 Review Commission released a tough report last month, indicating that even a decade and a half after 9/11, the Bureau still has difficulty transitioning from a law-enforcement agency...

Here is what caught our eye in the world of intelligence this week: A new report published by the FBI’s 9/11 Review Commission said the agency needs to “urgently” improve its intelligence capabilities. The report did...